"is all about is like a baseball player believing that he 'hit for the cycle' after slugging a single, double and triple in the first game of a doubleheader and a home run in his first time at bat in the second game."" Despite seeming clarity from the ITF, some journalists suggested that the sport's organizing body had turned its back on history and changed the ""rules"" of tennis by redefining a Grand Slam. Such confusion continued for years. For instance, when Steffi Graf completed the Grand Slam in 1988, George Vecsey wrote, ""Even the International Tennis Federation, which should"
"the career Golden Grand Slam in both singles and doubles (the Williams sisters had already completed their career doubles Golden Grand Slam at the 2001 Australian Open, joining Pam Shriver in Seoul in 1988 and Gigi Fernández at the 1993 Australian Open.) Furthermore, the Williams sisters also became the first four-time gold medalists in Olympic tennis history. In the men's singles tournament final, Andy Murray beat Roger Federer in straight sets in front of a home crowd to avenge his four-set loss against Federer exactly four weeks earlier on Centre Court in the finals at Wimbledon. In doing so, he"
"Grand Slam title – in mixed doubles at the US Open with American Tom Gullikson. In 1988, Maleeva-Fragnière, won a bronze medal in singles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In 1992 and 1993, Maleeva-Fragnière registered her all-time best achievement in Grand Slam singles competition when she reached the semifinals of the US Open both years (in 1992 after beating her sister Magdalena in the quarterfinals). In 1994, Maleeva-Fragnière retired from professional tennis. During her 12-year career, Maleeva won 19 WTA Tour singles titles, four doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title. She teamed with Jakob Hlasek to help"
"1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Pat Cash was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Boris Becker. Stefan Edberg defeated Becker in the final, 4–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships. Australian Open and French Open champion Mats Wilander came into the tournament on course to become the first man to win Grand Slam titles on hard court, clay and grass in the same calendar year, and attempted to become the first man to win Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles since Rod Laver in 1969. After"
"1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Pat Cash was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Boris Becker. Stefan Edberg defeated Becker in the final, 4–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships. Australian Open and French Open champion Mats Wilander came into the tournament on course to become the first man to win Grand Slam titles on hard court, clay and grass in the same calendar year, and attempted to become the first man to win Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles since Rod Laver in 1969. After"
"Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini (; born 16 May 1970) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s. She won one women's grand slam singles title at the US Open in 1990, the women's grand slam doubles title at Wimbledon in 1988, two WTA Finals in 1988 and 1994, and a silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. Sabatini also won most of the highest level regular events on the women's tour including Miami and Rome (four times). In the late 1980s, Sabatini"
"1988 French Open The 1988 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 23 May until 5 June. It was the 92nd staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1988. Mats Wilander defeated Henri Leconte, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 Steffi Graf defeated Natalia Zvereva, 6–0, 6–0 Andrés Gómez / Emilio Sánchez Vicario defeated John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková, 6–2, 7–5 Lori"
"singles. 1988 US Open – Women's Singles Martina Navratilova was the defending champion, but she lost in the quarterfinals to Zina Garrison. Steffi Graf captured the title, beating Gabriela Sabatini in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1. As a result, Steffi became the third woman to complete a Grand Slam, after Maureen Connolly Brinker and Margaret Court. This was her fourth step to completing the first and so far only Golden Slam. The match was also the first major final for Sabatini, who reached two more Slam finals for her career. In the process, Graf also completed the career grand slam"
"1988 Wimbledon Championships The 1988 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 102nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 4 July 1988. The total prize money for 1988 championships was £2,612,126. The winner of the men's title earned £165,000 while the women's singles champion earned £148,500. Stefan Edberg defeated Boris Becker, 4–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–2 Steffi Graf defeated Martina Navratilova, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 Ken Flach / Robert Seguso defeated John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd,"
"could finish with the volley. Garrison lost in the semi-finals to Steffi Graf 6–2, 6–0. In 1988, there was no bronze medal play off match, both beaten semi-final players received bronze medals. Zina Garrison Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist and singles bronze medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games. She received the WTA Newcomer of the Year award in 1982. The youngest of"
"in positive youth development. Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is a former American professional tennis player known primarily as a doubles specialist with success also as a singles player. She currently is a tennis broadcaster for ESPN. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 titles, including 21 women's singles titles, 111 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title. In Grand Slam tournaments, Shriver won 21 doubles titles and one mixed doubles title. She also won a women's doubles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul with Zina Garrison as her partner. Shriver"
"(initially ""Golden Grand Slam"") was coined in 1988. Only one player has completed the Golden Slam: Winning four consecutive Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic event in the period of twelve months, although not in the same year, is called a ""Non-calendar year Golden Slam"". Only Bob and Mike Bryan have achieved this by winning the 2012 Olympics, 2012 US Open, 2013 Australian Open, 2013 French Open and 2013 Wimbledon Championships. After they won the final at Wimbledon, this was coined the ""Golden Bryan Slam"". A player who wins all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold medal during his"
"1988 Australian Open The 1988 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 76th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 11 through 24 January 1988 and was the first edition of the tournament hosted at Flinders Park. It would mark the first time a Grand Slam final would be played indoors under a roof; after the first 3 games of the Women's Final, there was a 1-hour & 23 min delay to close the roof. Mats Wilander defeated Pat Cash 6–3, 6–7,"
"World # 4 Boris Becker, 6–4, 6–4, in Orlando. In October that year he won the biggest title of his career at the Paris Open (now part of the Tennis Masters Series). He faced the World # 1 Mats Wilander, but the Swede retired before the tournament began. Mansdorf beat Aaron Krickstein and Jakob Hlasek, two top 10 players, on his way to the final. He beat Gilbert in the final in straight sets, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3. He also played at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, where tennis was an official sport, and this time reached the 3rd round (the"
"Ken Flach Kenneth Eliot Flach (May 24, 1963 – March 12, 2018) was a professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Wimbledon and two US Open), and two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (Wimbledon and French Open). He also won the men's doubles Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Robert Seguso. Flach reached the world no. 1 doubles ranking in 1985. Flach played doubles on the U.S. Davis Cup team from 1985–1991, compiling an 11–2 record. He was also a member of the U.S."
"the 1988 US Open final, Sabatini lost to Graf in three sets. Two years later, at the 1990 US Open, Sabatini defeated Graf in two sets to win her only Grand Slam title. This was also the final Grand Slam singles appearance for 1990 Wimbledon runner-up, fifteen time Grand Slam quarterfinalist and former World No. 4 Zina Garrison. The seeded players are listed below. Steffi Graf is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. Chanda Rubin pulled out before the tournament began and her position in the draw was taken over by seventeenth-seeded Karina Habšudová, Rubin"
"1988 US Open – Women's Singles Martina Navratilova was the defending champion, but she lost in the quarterfinals to Zina Garrison. Steffi Graf captured the title, beating Gabriela Sabatini in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1. As a result, Steffi became the third woman to complete a Grand Slam, after Maureen Connolly Brinker and Margaret Court. This was her fourth step to completing the first and so far only Golden Slam. The match was also the first major final for Sabatini, who reached two more Slam finals for her career. In the process, Graf also completed the career grand slam in"
"1958 and 1960) and two finals in singles, also ranked number five in the world. Prominent Chilean tennis player Anita Lizana was the first Latin American to win the Grand Slam (Forest Hills predecessor of the current US Open), and Hans Gildemeister was fifth in doubles in 1987 (with Andrés Gómez). Olympic medalists in tennis are Nicolás Massú and Fernando González. Chile was the champion of the Tennis World Cup for teams in Düsseldorf (2003 and 2004) and was finalist in the Davis Cup in 1976. In 2004, tennis players Fernando González and Nicolás Massú won the first Olympic gold"
"1988 US Open – Men's Singles Mats Wilander defeated three-time defending champion Ivan Lendl, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1988 US Open. This was the longest US Open men's final in history, clocking in at four hours and fifty-four minutes; this record was matched in 2012 when Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in that year's final. This tournament was notable for being the first Grand Slam in which Pete Sampras and Jim Courier competed in the main draw. The seeded players are listed below. Mats Wilander is the champion;"
"Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is a former American professional tennis player known primarily as a doubles specialist with success also as a singles player. She currently is a tennis broadcaster for ESPN. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 titles, including 21 women's singles titles, 111 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title. In Grand Slam tournaments, Shriver won 21 doubles titles and one mixed doubles title. She also won a women's doubles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul with Zina Garrison as her partner. Shriver was well known for"
"Becker. Becker became the youngest champion in the history of the men’s singles at Wimbledon, won six-time Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal together with Michael Stich. Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players. In 1988, she became the first and only tennis player (male or female) to achieve the Calendar Year Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year. The German Open Hamburg was part of the Grand Prix Super Series from 1978 to 1989, and the ATP"
"Robert Seguso Robert Arthur Seguso (born May 1, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Wimbledon, one French Open and one US Open). He also won the men's doubles Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Ken Flach. Seguso reached the world no. 1 doubles ranking in 1985. He won a total of 29 career doubles titles between 1984 and 1991. Seguso played doubles with Flach on the U.S. Davis Cup team from 1985 to 1991, compiling a 10–2 record. He"
"1988 US Open (tennis) The 1988 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 108th edition of the US Open and was held from August 29 to September 11, 1988. Mats Wilander defeated Ivan Lendl 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 Steffi Graf defeated Gabriela Sabatini 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez defeated Rick Leach / Jim Pugh by Walkover Gigi Fernández / Robin White defeated Patty Fendick / Jill Hetherington 6–4, 6–1 Jana Novotná /"
"consecutive seasons (1978–89), including seven in the top 10. She led Czechoslovakia to three consecutive Fed Cup titles from 1983–1985, and was only the third woman to win Grand Slam titles on grass, clay, and hard courts, joining Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. She defeated both Evert and Navratilova on consecutive days to accomplish this feat at the 1985 US Open. She retired in 1990, and went on to coach Jana Novotná to the 1998 Wimbledon singles title and a career-high ranking of No. 2. She also served as the Czech Republic's Olympic and Fed Cup coach until 1996. Born"
"tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played Miloslav Mečíř Miloslav Mečíř (; born 19 May 1964) is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia. He won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games, where he represented Czechoslovakia, and played in two Grand Slam singles finals. In 1987 he won the WCT Finals, the major season-ending championship for the World Championship Tennis tour. His son, Miloslav Jr. is a professional tennis player. Mečíř was born in Bojnice, Czechoslovakia (now part of Slovakia). He reached two ATP finals in 1984 and began 1985 by beating Jimmy Connors"
"by either Martina Navratilova or Chris Evert since the 1981 French Open. 1988 French Open – Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title by defeating Natalia Zvereva, 6–0, 6–0, in the final. The match lasted only 32 minutes, the shortest-ever and most one-sided Grand Slam final, and it is the only ""double bagel"" Grand Slam final of the Open Era. Graf recorded a total of six 6–0 sets during her seven matches, and was her second step to complete the first and so far only Calendar Year Golden Slam. Also of note is"
"one of the most comprehensive Grand Slam performances of all time. Nadal also won Wimbledon that year, defeating Roger Federer in what is widely recognized as the greatest tennis match in history. He won the Olympic Gold medal at Beijing, becoming the first ever top-5 player to win the Gold medal in the Open Era. Nadal also claimed the No. 1 ranking that year after the Olympics. He finally ascended to the top spot after 160 consecutive weeks as No. 2. Nadal would hold the No. 1 ranking for the rest of the season and finish the year ranked No."
"title later that year in Tokyo. In 1988, Sabatini reached her first Grand Slam singles final at the US Open. She faced West Germany's Steffi Graf, who had won all three previous Grand Slam singles events that year and was looking to win a fourth. Graf won the match in three sets. Sabatini was selected to represent Argentina in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul and carried her country's flag in the opening ceremony. She went on to win the silver medal in the women's singles competition. In the final, she again faced Graf, who was bidding to turn"
"Mats Wilander Mats Wilander (; born 22 August 1964) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden. From 1982 to 1988, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles (three at the French Open, three at the Australian Open, and one at the US Open), and one Grand Slam men's doubles title (at Wimbledon). In 1988, Wilander won three of the four Grand Slam singles events and finished that year ranked World No. 1. Although he never won the singles title at Wimbledon, Wilander twice won the Australian Open when that tournament was still played on grass courts. This"
"1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles First-seeded Steffi Graf defeated the record six-time defending champion Martina Navratilova in the final, 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships. This was Graf's third step towards completing the first, and so far only Calendar Year Golden Slam. After Graf took a 5-3 lead in the first set, Navratilova won six straight games allowing her to win the first set and take a 2-0 lead in the second set. Graf then came back winning 12 of the next 13 games and the match. Steffi Graf (Champion)"
"Grand Slam doubles titles over the last six years, while Li Na and Zheng Jie have made the most significant breakthroughs in singles by reaching semifinals at the Australian Open and Wimbledon. Li was the first Chinese player to break into the top 10 of the women’s game and win a singles grand slam in 2011 at the French Open. China’s Li Ting and Sun Tian Tian won the women’s doubles gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. In 2006, Zheng and Yan Zi became the country’s first Grand Slam champions, taking the women’s doubles titles at the Australian Open"
"twice have two or more not made the semifinal stage (2009 and 2010 French Open), while in 2012 they took 13 out 16 Grand Slam tournament semifinal slots. At the Olympics, members of the Big Four took five of the nine available singles medals in 2008, 2012 and 2016, and also including doubles have a total of five golds, two silvers and a bronze from these Games. Murray has three Olympic medals, whilst Nadal and Federer have won two Olympic medals each. Murray is the only one to have won two medals at the same tournament, taking both the singles"
"the first year she finished number one without winning a Grand Slam women's singles title. Hingis led the titles list with nine throughout the season, including the prestigious WTA Tour Championships. Venus Williams won the most Grand Slam titles with two, and finished the year as the No. 3 player in the world. Williams also won the Olympic Gold medal in Sydney that year, and was awarded the Player of the Year award by the WTA. Mary Pierce won her second Grand Slam title five years after her last, becoming the first Frenchwoman to win at home since Françoise Dürr"